Health Management and Leadership

Description

This certificate is designed to serve persons who want to enhance their knowledge
and potential to pursue management and leadership positions in health services. It
furthers an understanding of health system organization and financing, health policy,
managed care and insurance, and management decision-making.

Course location/delivery

This Certificate is offered at the Tampa campus and the USF Downtown Center. Some
courses (PHC 6102) are offered as Web-based courses in some semesters.

Admission requirements

The applicant must have an earned Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited academic
institution with a minimum 3.0 GPA and at least one of the following:

At least two years of appropriate work experience, ORConcurrent enrollment in a graduate degree program, ORA graduate degree

Application process

To learn about the application process, and to access the application, please review
our application process.

Time Limit

Time limits on certificate completion comply with university standards.

Requirements

or consent of instructor (2-3 credits)

Credit toward graduate degree

Certificate program students can apply to the department's MPH, MHA or MSPH degree
programs. If admitted to a graduate program in the Department of Health Policy and
Management, the 12 credit hours can be transferred to the degree program within five
years of completing the certificate.

Standardized tests

International students must submit a TOEFL score when English is not the native language.
A minimum score of 550 on the paper-based test or 79 on the web-based test is required.